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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 11:47 AM Original message |
Tritium leaks are contaminating groundwater at (at least) 6 nuclear plants |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. Doc Ock asks, "What's the BFD?" |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. Not surprising. Those plants produce poison that is impossible to contain. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. The lying is why I detest nuclear energy |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. When the VT legislature blocked the relicensing VT Yankee - pronucular whackjobs called them rapists |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Shore 'nuf |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. What a "win" today Oklahom has one of the highest uses of fossil fuels in the country |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. you are so |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Tell that to grda who has a well functioning pumped storage lake |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Never said Oklahoma generates 100% of their electricity by fossil fuels, just 92%. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. But when its all hydro its crystal clean as is the case here |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. That "tripe" is the US Dept of Energy annual state by state profiles. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Run, RUN, RUN - jump from the coal frying pan into the nuclear fire. HURRY! |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Except we won't or at least not enough. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Poor little feller just ain't got a clue... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Wind is the largest share of GROWING renewables. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Again with the same red herring? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. In the real world (as opposed to the one occupied by fantasy cheerleaders) |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Prove that nuclear is faster, cheaper, less environmentally harmful than renewables. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. What kind of sick person would say something like that? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. You detest nuclear energy for the same reason as the writer of the OP. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. blah blah blah ambien blah blah blah ambien |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Guess what nnads |
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Duchess (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. So... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 01:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I've worked with tritium - and it is hard to contain once released into the environment |
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Duchess (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yes to all |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Whelp - we could bottle all that insignificant tritium leakage and let you and your family drink it! |
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Duchess (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Sure... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Disengenious (not) Vt. Yankee's contamination has not spread off site |
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Duchess (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. OK |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. That quote rivals the picture of the pregnant woman smoking. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. "well below the amount the federal government considers unhealthy." n/t |
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BigDog01 (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. There you go again ... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Good luck with the RW pseudoscience BigDog01 and the Ronald Reagan quotes |
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BigDog01 (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. There you go again ... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. My bad - it's more like 10 nuclear plants that are leaking tritium |
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BigDog01 (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Definitely your bad |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Yes- it is WORSE than first reported: 13 out of 104 operating reactors = 12.5% |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
25. How many coal plants are leaking Sulfur Dioxide and Mercury? |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:39 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. How many car owners change their own oil and dump the waste in the storm drain? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Yeah they burn lotsa coal to produce electricity for uranium enrichment plants in OH & KY |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. And how does that compare... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I'm sorry but the anti-nuclear = pro-coal argument is a lame High Order Bullshit Canard |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Similar "High Order Bullshit Canards"` |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. The nuclear industry has "blown it" in the PR and finance world, that means coal is inevitable |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Care to try again? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. China will build 100 reactors in next 2 decades alone. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. China has moved away from central thermal to distributed renewables. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. China just broke ground on two new reactors. That is #22 and #23 under construction. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. In the pipeline... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. China has a different regulatory and energy structure. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. And they caught the Chief of their nuclear program being bribed by nuclear sales force. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. The favoring renewables will have no effect for decades. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Bullshit. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. Your ignorance is outstounding. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. More bullshit |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. About that "astounding ignorance" |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Crickets |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #62 |
72. Kris why bother |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. I'm afraid that you don't understand. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #62 |
74. I wonder what ignored had to say other than the subject line |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 08:40 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Lol! Yet you reply anyway? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 08:42 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Yup just to let you know |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Poor guy... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Exactly. Higher up on the thread someone was HAPPY they stopped reactors from being built in OK |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. So you are crowing that coal was built instead of wind and solar? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Exactly coal instaed of solar or wind was built. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Deleted message |
Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. History is against you, the future is against you. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Future plans say you are wrong. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Same outdated poll you always use. Will you still be using in in 2011? 2012? 2020? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. 4 months old is outdated? ROFLMAO |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. More important than a single data point is the trend. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. The trend isn't in your favor either. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Are you going to keep spouting the misleading statement that nuclear will continue to decline? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #57 |
66. Whe Obama backed nuclear the American public decided to back it too. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #47 |
65. Renewables *didn't* do the job. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 04:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
64. Uh, no, he's obviously dismayed that fossil was built. |
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